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Yet Another Modest Proposal
The subject of using 'zero-eth' as the ordinal for zero came up today. While amusing, it's really an ugly construction. 1, 2 and 3 get a special ordinal (first, second, third) so it only seems right that 0 should as well. Something that flows slightly better than 'zero-eth' would also be nice.
In the spirit of the -bi binary unit prefixes, I am going to arbitrarily introduce one and hope it catches on. Ahem.
My proposal for the first ordinal when indexing from zero is 'nauth'.
Usage example: The nauth element of the buffer had better be '\0' or else strcat is going to overflow like the Johnstown Dam.
In the spirit of the -bi binary unit prefixes, I am going to arbitrarily introduce one and hope it catches on. Ahem.
My proposal for the first ordinal when indexing from zero is 'nauth'.
Usage example: The nauth element of the buffer had better be '\0' or else strcat is going to overflow like the Johnstown Dam.